CANADA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		CANADA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	43,479	5	14,159	+ 29,320
Coronary Heart Disease	2	34,338	1	40,063	- 5,726
Diabetes Mellitus	3	32,239	9	5,718	+ 26,522
Kidney Disease	4	18,399	14	4,578	+ 13,821
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	15,162	7	7,431	+ 7,731
Prostate Cancer	6	12,991	13	4,711	+ 8,280
Road Traffic Accidents	7	12,593	28	1,998	+ 10,595
Lung Disease	8	12,197	4	14,212	- 2,015
Hypertension	9	12,112	22	2,563	+ 9,549
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	10,985	2	30,970	- 19,984
Violence	11	8,542	40	605	+ 7,937
Liver Disease	12	8,044	17	3,624	+ 4,420
Inflammatory/Heart	13	7,271	27	2,060	+ 5,212
Breast Cancer	14	5,876	8	5,910	- 34
Stomach Cancer	15	5,058	26	2,177	+ 2,880
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,872	6	9,651	- 4,779
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,657	19	3,233	+ 1,425
Lung Cancers	18	4,316	3	20,937	- 16,621
Low Birth Weight	19	3,968	42	553	+ 3,415
Skin Disease	20	3,731	38	679	+ 3,052
Other Injuries	21	3,405	24	2,392	+ 1,013
Suicide	22	3,324	15	4,417	- 1,093
Parkinson's Disease	23	3,202	18	3,359	- 157
Lymphomas	24	3,021	10	5,146	- 2,125
Cervical Cancer	25	2,738	41	578	+ 2,160
Falls	26	2,430	12	4,829	- 2,399
Asthma	27	2,214	49	262	+ 1,952
Drownings	28	2,153	48	283	+ 1,870
Alcohol	29	2,134	33	1,491	+ 643
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,868	35	1,081	+ 787
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,860	11	5,057	- 3,197
Epilepsy	32	1,643	44	384	+ 1,259
Malnutrition	33	1,520	51	192	+ 1,327
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,239	43	442	+ 797
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,057	36	840	+ 217
Leukemia	36	1,021	21	3,098	- 2,077
Liver Cancer	37	933	20	3,113	- 2,180
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	909	39	636	+ 273
Fires	39	765	52	192	+ 573
Oesophagus Cancer	40	724	25	2,230	- 1,505
Ovary Cancer	41	722	29	1,902	- 1,180
Birth Trauma	42	714	50	193	+ 521
Oral Cancer	43	710	32	1,592	- 882
Tuberculosis	44	673	58	97	+ 576
Uterin Cancer	45	470	34	1,183	- 713
Drug Use	46	442	16	3,686	- 3,244
Maternal Conditions	47	426	64	45	+ 381
Other Neoplasms	48	419	31	1,679	- 1,259
Meningitis	49	337	59	68	+ 269
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	302	47	322	- 20
Appendicitis	51	259	62	49	+ 210
Encephalitis	52	254	68	3	+ 251
Dengue	53	136	72	0	+ 136
Multiple Sclerosis	54	103	37	692	- 589
Poisonings	55	60	56	121	- 61
Tetanus	56	49	71	0	+ 49
Syphilis	57	43	67	5	+ 38
War	58	39	65	21	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	59	29	63	47	- 18
Hepatitis B	60	14	60	66	- 52
Schistosomiasis	61	12	78	0	+ 12
Chlamydia	62	10	83	0	+ 10
Pertussis	63	7	69	1	+ 6
Ascariasis	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	45	363	- 362
Otitis Media	66	0	66	8	- 7
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	30	1,756	- 1,756
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	46	343	- 343
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	23	2,521	- 2,521
Schizophrenia	73	0	57	118	- 118
Oral conditions	74	0	61	51	- 51
Osteoarthritis	75	0	55	139	- 139
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	54	143	- 143
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	53	163	- 163
Trichuriasis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CANADA

Saint Lucia

Canada

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.